Earlier today, when discussing the Saudi bank account and asset freeze (and confiscation) of dozens of princes and ministers, we said that just the haul of billionaire prince Alwaleed’s $19 billion in various holdings, including nearly a billion dollars in jewelry, plans, yachts, furniture and cash…

… would be an efficient way of refilling Saudi’s rapidly declining foreign reserves. And refilling they need: as shown in the chart below, Saudi reserves have declined from their peak in 2014 by over a quarter trillion dollars as a result of the roughly 50% drop in gas prices in the past 3 years.

Of course, it’s not just Alwaleed whose net worth is at risk of becoming nationalized. As Bloomberg writes, “the stunning series of arrests has implicated three of the country’s richest people, including Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, who’s No. 50 on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index ranking of the world’s 500 richest people, with $19 billion. Also being held are the kingdom’s second- and fifth-wealthiest people, as well as a travel-agency mogul and Bakr Binladin, a scion of a one of the country’s biggest construction empires.” He is also, of course, Osama bin Laden’s brother as discussed yesterday.

All told, up to $33 billion in (arrested) royalty wealth is at risk of confiscation.

Here is Bloomberg writesof the 4 Saudi individuals who stand to lose the most from the latest purge:

Alwaleed bin Talal, $19 billion

Alwaleed’s publicly traded Kingdom Holding Group released a statement saying it “enjoys a solid financial position” and the government has “full confidence” in the company.